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A member of the MSC Gayane, which was involved in the largest cocaine seizure in Customs and Border protection history, got prison time. (Shutterstock)
PHILADELPHIA A crew member of a shipping vessel at the center of a massive cocaine bust in Philadelphia was sentenced to prison recently, federal authorities said.
Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said Vladimir Penda, 27, of Montenegro, was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison, and two years of supervised release on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
How shipping giant MSC reacted to billion-dollar cocaine bust
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) which recently surpassed Maersk to become the world’s largest ocean carrier confirmed it “suffered significant financial and reputational damage” from the record-breaking drug bust aboard its ship, the MSC Gayane, in 2019.
MSC detailed the extent of the consequences in a newly filed court document consequences that include over $100 million in additional security costs. “The company and everyone in it are victims,” MSC wrote in a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III.
Stranger than fiction
The MSC Gayane drug-smuggling case calls to mind a quote from Mark Twain: “Truth is stranger than fiction.”
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